Vehicle-signal.



J. B. HAW'KS &,H. R. KENNEDY. VEHICLE SIGNAL.

APPLLGATIUN FILED HOY. 19, 1913.

l l l 8,4 l Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

UNITED stains N PATENT unieron.

Toallfwhom-'itmay concern? Beit known that we, Josnrii B. l-Iawits and Homan KENNEDY, citizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in thecounty of Los Angelesand State ot' California, have-invented a newA and uset'ul Ve-v 'hidle-Sign'al, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a signal adapted to be .placed upon a vehicle andoperated b v a per- 'son in the-vehicle, to notify others ot' a maneuver about to be made bv the vehicle.

The object of the invention is to provide avehicle signal which ywill be simple in con-J struction, positive and instantaneous in its action, and efcient in operation.

Referring to the ('lrawings: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an auton'iobile equipped y With' myy invention, one ofthe signals being shown in non-signaling position, and the other in signaling position. F ig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of my invention. with the parts thereof in non-signi'ilingposition. F ig. 3 is a View similar to Fig.. Q, with the :parts shown in signaling position. Fig. L is a vertical' sectional view taken on line of Fig. 2.` Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional View on' an enlarged scale taken on line .7:5 of Fig. 4. 6 is a f agmentar sectional VView of ainodification of my invention.

The signal is adapted Ato he placed in amv suitable position on the vehicle. and when placed upon an automobile 1 it may be vmounted upon the guards Q thereof, so that it may be seen b v persons either in thel 'trout or in the-rear of the machine. The signal comprises a semaphore 3 upon which is placed the indicia, which in the present cinbodiment of my invention is the word .Turn?, indicati-.ng a maneuver which the 'Vehicle is about to make. The semaphore may be constructed in the forni ot' a box. in the side walls of which are Yformed stencils l forming the signalingr word Turn which may be seen from the t'ront and rear ot the l.vehicle when the semaphore i" turned into signaling position. Colored transparent panels 5 of a different color trom the colo\l of the outside vofthe stencil walls of the semaphore, are placed against the inside of the stencils, so that the letters of the stencil may be easily readin the dav time.` Within the semaphore is placed an electric lamp 6,

adapted .to project its rays, when lighted in Specification of Letters Patent.

JOSEIlH B. `HAKSANIDHOMER R. KENNEDY, OF LOS ANGELESQCALIFOR'NIA.

. VEHICLETSIG'NAL.

Patented Nov. 1914.

Application filedNove'mber 19. 1913. Serial NofStlLSQB. i i

lletters ot' the stencil inaybe readat night.

.l hollow boss 'l' is located in the bottom walt` o't' the seniaphorl andis adapted to lit on the upper end ot' a hollow shaft 8,]ournaled in hearing h which extends through-the guard 2 and is secured thereto by1 means of a r shoulder 10 on 'the bearing, which shoulder rests against the'undcr surl'ace ot' the guard, and aiiut 1l which screwson thcwuppeiof the gua rd.

whereby the semaphore is secured in the desircd position lto the shaft S. A. fran'ic 15 is foinied on the lower end ot the bearing 9 and supports a solenoid 1h underneath the guard The solenoid 1i', is provided with a movable core 1T, the outer end oi which is mounted to reciprocate iii bearing 1S on the frame 16. In the forni of mv invention 'illustrated in Fig. l. an arm 20 is secured to thc slwit't S, thc swinging end oi which fits into a slot 2l in the core .17, and is provided with a slot wl'riclircceives a pin 23 on the core 1T, so that said aim, shaft S, and semaphore f3 will turn when the core is reciprocated. A coil spring surrounds .the bearing 9, and is connected at its respective ends to said bearing and to said aiin. Said springl normally maintains the core 17 in 'its outermost position and the semaphore 3'in its non-signaling position: Pins 213 and 27 on the core 17 engage the hearing 18 and thereby limit the reciprocating' movement oi the core. -\n electric current is supplied to the solenoid 1h 'trom battery 3l) through wires 31 and 3Q which are connected to the'l respective terminals 3?; and 9i-l ot the solenoid. whcrclliv the solenoid is energized to draw the core 1T inwardly. Current is supplied to the lamp through wires -lO and -il which extend through the hollow .shaft 8 and are connected at their respective ends to the solenoid terminals 83 and 34 respec tively, and to the laniptcrininals L.l2 andfel resi'iectively. A push button switch 50 controls the solenoid circuit which switch may be placed within reach of the driver of the vehicle.

The operation is as follows: When the driver is about to make a maneuver withv the vehicle, asfor evample,l when he. isaboutto turn the vehicle, he presses the push buttonv 50, which closesy the solenoid circuit. The solenoid 16 draws the core 17 inwardly until the pin 27 engages-.the bearing 18, which movement of the core through the medium 'of pin 22, 'arm 20, and shaft 8, turns the sem- .-'aphore 3 into -signaling position. When the' v button is released the circuit is broken and the spring 25 through the medium of arm 20l and pin 22, draws thecore 17 'out of the solenoid until the pin'26 engages the bearing 1 8,.and"tl1e semaphore 1s turnedbaok to its nonsignaling position through the medium of arm 2() and shaft 8,' in which position 'the semaphore is maintained by the spring and the vengggagement of -the pin 26 With'the bearing-18 until the solenoid circuit isa-gain closed by 'the 'switch'.

vIn the modified -orm of 'my .invention illustrated in Fig. 6, a rackv 60' is formed on j the core 17 and a toothed segmentl securedA on' the shaft 8 Which meshes With'said'raek,

are substituted for'the arm 2O4 and pin22,

and perform the same function as said arm and pin when the semaphore is turned.

, 'Whatjll claim isi A vehicle signal comprising a' frame, a semaphore mounted upon said frame, a solenoid mounted'upon'sald frame, connections i between 4said semaphore and the solenoid core toenable the solenoid to turn-the sema-4 phore to signaling position, means for restoring the semaphore to nonfsignaling position,- and pins on said solenoid core for engaging said frame' to limit the-movement of said core land lto arrest the semaphore in signaling and in non-signaling position.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto set our hands" at Los Angeles, California, this' 11th daypofNoVember, 1913;. 

